The great news has been reported by the Federacion Cubana de Beisbol Aficionado.

He is the man who successfully directed Team Cuba at the recently completed World Baseball Challenge in Canada. Cuba captured the championship trophy by defeating Japan with a KO on eight innings, 14-4.

In 1973, Congress ended funding for the [Vietnam] war in Indochina and, over
President Richard Nixon's veto, passed the War Powers Resolution.

The resolution requires the president to notify lawmakers within 48
hours of sending armed forces into "hostilities" and to "terminate" such
operations within a maximum of 90 days unless Congress specifically
authorizes the deployment. (Wall Street Journal)

"However, following Labour threatening not to support the [military] action and senior military figures expressing concerns over the wisdom of the mission, the Prime Minister [David Cameron] on Wednesday night agreed to put British involvement on hold."

An attack on Syria will only spread the war and killing

Instead of removing the chemical weapon threat, another western assault on the Arab world risks escalation and backlash

The attack on Syria now being planned by the US and its allies will be the ninth direct western military intervention in an Arab or Muslim country in 15 years. Depending how you cut the cake, the looming bombardment follows onslaughts on Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Mali, as well as a string of murderous drone assaults on Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan.

Friday, August 23, 2013

The Ciego de Avila Tigers and their SUBERB manager, Roger Machado, did a fantastic job in representing Cuba in the tournament. The island should continue sending the champions of the National Beaseball Series to repesent the Republic in international competitions.

WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency—which possesses only limited legal authority to spy on U.S. citizens—has built a surveillance network that covers more Americans' Internet communications than officials have publicly disclosed, current and former officials say. (Wall Street Journal)

JG: Has snooping on fellow Americans become the new national past-time of the current administration? Congress has plenty of constitutional reasons to impeach the "progressive" in the White House. But they have no spine. It is always Yada! Yada! Yada! All talk and always silly actions.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Cuba was losing 4-7 against Japan on the ninth inning. And then, Yoelvis came to bat. He connected a HR with two criollos on base. That won the game.

This game proves, one more time, that Cuba should always be represented by teams that are champions on the playing field. Committees of bureaucrats do not know much about Cuban baseball. Roger Machado is doing a SUPERB job!

CAFE’s declaration regarding Baseball Diplomacy Act
With the recent arrival in Miami of 10 retired Industriales players team for friendly baseball matches celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the storied Cuban team, Cuban Americans for Engagement (CAFE) would like to reiterate its support for Rep. José Serrano (D-NY)’s Baseball Diplomacy Act, which would normalize relations between Cuba and the U.S. for baseball games. The bill presented by Rep. Serrano, who represents the district where Yankee Stadium is located, would allow Cuban players to travel to the U.S. to play professionally in the major leagues and to freely repatriate their earnings.

CAFE would like to take the opportunity to salute Cuba’s decision to return to the Caribbean Series and requests that the U.S. government amend any regulation that prevents and obstructs Major League Baseball (MLB) from welcoming the liberalizing steps of the Comisión Cubana de Béisbol.

CAFE also would like to pay homage to various Cuban Americans, such as the stellar player and coach Preston Gómez, who has always advocated for normalization of baseball relations between Cuba and the U.S. In the tradition of sportsmanship, which aims to reconcile what politics divides, we appreciate baseball players’ recent visits to the island. As had been the case for José Contreras and Rey Ordoñez, the Cuban government had long prevented them from returning to the island. Their people, who have always celebrated their successful careers, welcomed both back with much joy. We are certain that the Cubans who live in Miami and Tampa will welcome the Industriales who reside in Cuba with the same affection.

Executive Committee of Cuban Americans for Engagement (CAFE)
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JG: Unfortunately, with extreme right-wingers totally controlling the U.S. House of Representatives, this proposed bill will go nowhere. What a shame!

Young Mexicans embrace the seductive charms of the dance that Cuba forgot

Every weekend, hundreds of couples descend on Mexico City's Plaza de la Ciudadela to gently seduce each other in the elegant dance known as danzón.
The dancers converge in the pretty square, known locally as the Plaza
de Danzón, to dance to classic Cuban melodies in what could be mistaken
for a scene from a 1940s film.

In fact, it is part of an extraordinary effort to help danzón thrive in Mexico, while it has effectively vanished in Cuba,
where it originated almost 150 years ago.

The effort is working, as
growing numbers of children and young Mexicans flock to festivals and
join classes to learn the elegant steps and dress up in the flamboyant
costumes of danzón.

This was without a doubt a Charlie Brown baseball game. The score was 22-10 in favor of Team Cuba, who has now four straight victories in the 2013 edition of the World Baseball Classic being celebrated in Prince George, BC, Canada.

Has anyone noticed that when discussing or talking about the
Cuba issue, the Yankee imperialists like certain words and there are other
words that they never use or promote?

Words that the imperialists like: defectors, transition,
dissidents.

The imperialists can never forgive Cuba for having waged a
very successful socialist revolutions only 90 miles from the shores of the
empire. You can experience and feel their hate every time that they talk about
Cuba. They tend to use words with negative connotations. Words that describe
good things in the island they never use, or conveniently forget.

Vladimir I. Lenin hit the bulls-eye when he said that 'imperialism is the last phase of [a dying ] capitalism."

The only thing that Americans and their politicians care
about or love is money.

When they tell you that they are trying to promote
“democracy” in Cuba, you should respond: BULL SHIT! The only
thing that they promote are policies that put money in their pockets. Social
responsibility are two words that you seldom hear capitalists talk about.

Lets analyze the word defectors. Because the
imperialists always try to promote a negativity viewpoint about Cuba, this is a
word that they love to use.

Cuba is a proud but poor country. It just can not afford to
pay its baseball players the millions that Major League Baseball wastes on so
called “stars.” Alex Rodriguez is a case in point. His “accomplishments'' were
based on taking performance enhancement substances. You will never find that in
a poor baseball player in Cuba. Examples: Alfredo Despaigne, Pedro
Luis Lazo and so many others that I would need two or three pages to just print
their names.

They play in Cuba because they love the game and the millions
of adoring fans. They do not love the almighty dollar more than they love the
country that saw them being born.

Next, lets talk about the word transition. This
is another word that the imperialists love. They want to transition Cuba to
“democracy.” They must think that the Cuban people are stupid. The “democracy”
that Barack Obama wants for Cuba is the one that General El Sisi is trying to
“transition” to in Egypt.

Last but not least is the word dissidents. That,
for the imperialists, is any person who is promoting capitalism. The Cuban
people do not pay any attention to them. The people know who pays them and directs
them. Remember the Bay of Pigs?

Have
you ever heard the Yankee imperialists talk about “Operación Milagro?”
(Operation Miracle). You will never find an article about Cuba in the New York
Times or the Washington Post that talks about this operation of “people
helping people.”

Friday, August 16, 2013

"Gross, 64, is serving a 15-year sentence for bringing banned
communications equipment to Cuba as part of a State Department program
to increase access to the internet and spread democracy on the island." (CNN)

At one time CNN was a respected member of the journalistic community. Now it has become a parrot which spreads the lies of Barack Obama's Yankee imperialists. I wonder how much they get paid to do that.

What do you call people who believes the lies of Barack Obama?

FOOLS!

The Cuban people know very well what type of "democracy" the Yankees are trying to spread in the island: the one overthrown on January First, 1959.

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

It is being reported on the Internet that Cuban slugger Jose Dariel Abreu has left the island. Because this "report" is coming from El Nuevo Herald, which hates Cuba with a passion because they are fanatical capitalists, I would be a little skeptical, but knowing full well how little Cuba pays its baseball players, I would not be surprised if it true.

It is very sad when Cubans have to leave the country to chase $$$$$$$ in the U.S.

It is also very doubtful that Cuba will ever again win an international baseball tournament, but I will still root for them.

These right-wing gusanos who live in the cesspool of Southern Florida keep on dreaming that "something" will happen in Cuba that will restore the Batistianos to power in Havana.

The chapter story for this week is titled:
Cuban dissident: opposition may eventually spark a work stoppage
"

If you are a frequent visitor to Cuba Journal, you and I know that the so-called "dissidents" are nothing more than highly paid mercenaries of Yankee imperialism inside the island. The Cuban people do not pay any attention to the garbage that they publish on a daily or weekly basis.

Do you want to laugh with me? Read the first paragraph of their latest weekly invention:

"Opponents of the Cuban government may eventually spark a gradual work stoppage against the government that would undermine Havana’s ability to repress dissent, according to activist Jorge Luís García Pérez, also known as “Antúnez.”

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